Novel · 1857
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Novel · 1857 · French · 19th Century
Madame Bovary
A country doctor's wife tries to live the novels she has read.
RealismTragedyBoredomRomanceProvincial lifeDebt
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How to read it
Flaubert's free indirect style lets irony and pity occupy the same sentence; the famous agricultural-fair scene splices seduction with prize livestock and lets the reader draw the conclusion.
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